Mustafabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mustafabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mustafabad followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Punjab which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mustafabad's incremental SNDi fell from 4.58 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mustafabad ranked 114th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 190th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Târgoviște, Romania
• Nowy Sącz, Poland
• Konongo, Ghana
• Mbalizi, Tanzania
• Sanhe, China
• Birganj, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Mustafabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Târgoviște built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mbalizi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Târgoviște and Mbalizi both became progressively more disconnected, while Mustafabad became progressively more connected. Mustafabad and Târgoviște have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.